Description

Uploads a file to a specified location. No notifications are sent via this handler, please use file_send to send a notification following a successful upload.

URL

All responses are in JSON format by default, to specify an XML response add ".xml" to the end of the method name (in this case "file_upload")

https://<yoursubdomain>.filetransfers.net/api/file_upload

Restrictions

The calling user must have:

  • Access to the file upload location.
  • Upload permissions in the file upload location.

Parameters

Bold indicates required

ParameterDescription
path Location where file will be uploaded. Specific paths can be retrieved from file_list.
file Post data of the file.
overwrite Default is 0, which will not overwrite a file with the same name in the same location and return an error if a file with same name is found. If value equals 1 any file with the same name will be overwritten with this file.
comment A comment about the file
file_id_tag A File ID tag for the file.
api_key Your API Key.
timestamp The current time in Unix timestamp format.
signature Please see "User Authentication" for more information.

Sample Response

A successful response will include the newly uploaded file's ID, name, and size which can be passed to file_upload_notification if the user wishes to send an upload notification.

Successful response In JSON:

{"fileInfo":{"fileId":1071266,"path":"\/","fileName":"recording.aiff","fileSize":29117258}}

Successful response in XML:

<fileInfo>
  <fileId>1071267</fileId>
  <path>/</path>
  <fileName>image.png</fileName>
  <fileSize>315392</fileSize>
</fileInfo>

Error response In JSON:

{"error":{"title":"File Cannot Be Overridden","message":"You have selected "overwrite" to be false and 
this file already exists in this location."}}

Error response In XML:

<error>
	<title>File Cannot Be Overridden</title>
 	<message>You have selected "œoverwrite" to be false and this file already exists in this location.</message>
</error>

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